Figurative Language

Dear students, The figurative language helps you to describe something or to make comparisons by using literary devices. You are going to watch two videos. The first video is based on the explanation of such literary devices as simile, metaphor, alliteration and personification. The examples are taken from different songs.







Task 1 Write some sentences using your own examples of the given literary devices as comments to this post.  
 Task 2 Now you have to watch the second video and recognize the figurative language in the following songs. The literary devecies that you have found should be written in the comments to this post below. Please, include the example, too. Good luck!!

Dear students,
To continue up with health topic, I have prepared for you a page on healthy lifestyle choices. You should read attentively the information and then be ready to create
Persuasion Map,
where you will prove that everyone should maintain a healthy lifestyle. The map should be printed and brought in the classroom. Thank you and good luck!

Past Perfect Tense

Dear students,
I have created for you two videos in order to be easier for yoy to understand the Past Perfect Tense, hope you'll like it. The last page is an exercise which you should to at home. In the comments below to this post, write please 3 sentences where you use Past Perfect Tense.

Conflict and Its Solutions

Dear students,
Our topic of the lesson for the next week will be entitled "Problems and Solutions". So, I have prepared for you an interestin activity - a word cloud which will help you to work with vocabulary. Good luck!
Task 1
Pick fom the word cloud below expressions that belong to CONFLICT and  CONFLICT RESOLUTION categories.

Task 2
State the reasons why conflicts appear.

Survey on Grammar Topics

Survey!!!
Take some of your minutes and answer the following questions:
Getting to Know You Survey

Quiz for everyone

Homework for Wednesday, November 12

Dear students,
One of our topics is based on information about Royal Family. You are going to read a text about Queen Elizabeth II. When you find an unknown word go to dictionary and find its definition or you may translate it into your native language. Enjoy reading!!!
 Follow the next link for reading   Queen Elizabeth II

Task 1
Write the timeline of Queen Elizabeth II life events. You should use the following worksheet as a help for you.
Timeline Organizer
In order to give you an example, I have posted Nelson's Mandela timeline:


The timeline could be printed or sent to my email - olgachironda2014@gmail.com and I will print it for you.

Task 2
You have to remember the plural of the nouns and try to find the mistakes in the following sentences:


Can you find the mistakes about Queen Elizabeth II? Write the correct variant:
1. Her nationality is Britain.
__________________________
2. She is an olderly woman.
__________________________
3. Her clothes is green.
__________________________
4. She has short hairs.
__________________________
5. She are very rich.
__________________________

I wish you success and hope you will cope with the tasks.
Write your answers as comments to this post. Have a nice weekend!!!

Homework for Tuesday, November, 11

Dear students,
This is your grammar exercises for next time. Hope you will manage to do it till Tuesday. As I said in the class, this time you do not write your homework in the comments section, but you may print the page or copy the exercise in your notebook. Good luck and have a nice weekend!
P.S. In case you have any questions or you don't understand anything, ask me in the comments rubric or by e-mail.

Present Perfect Continuous Exercises 

Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

This is a presentation about the use and formation of two Perfect Tenses: Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. It may be helpful for you when doing the exercises.

Present Perfect Simple And Present Perfect Continuous from anarosaleda

Hometask for Monday, November 10

Dear  11th grade students,
Nowadays a very important problem of our planet is deforestation. That's why I have prepared for you an assignement about how people from England tried to solve this issue. You are going to listen to the text "People Vote For The Tree of The Year". I hope you will like it. Be very attentive to listening and be ready for post listening activities. You are welcome to use the dictionary which I included in the blog. Good luck to you!

Assignments:

Task1
Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "forest". Write the words as comments to this post.

Task 2
Go to the Quotes Dictionary and search for the word "tree" and right at least 3 quotes which include this word. Choose the ones you like most of all. Write them as a comment to this post.

Task 3
SYNONYM MATCH:Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	in the running	a.	filled
2	annually	b.	proposed
3.	nominated	c.	about
4.	infused	d.	publicise
5.	significant	e.	on the shortlist for
6.	established	f.	endangered
7.	approximately	g.	set up
8.	promote	h.	yearly
9.	under threat	i.	rewards
10.	benefits	j.	important

You can use  The Dictionary of Synonyms

Task 4
LISTEN to the text once again and FILL IN THE GAPS. 
 Type the words you hear. 

England's annual Tree of the Year contest (1) ___________________. An environmental (2) ___________________. Over 200 trees were nominated but judges (3) ___________________ ten. Some of them are in England's most historic places. One tree is in Sherwood Forest, famous for Robin Hood. A local newspaper wrote: "(4) ___________________ Robin Hood was infused (5) ___________________ tree." Another is the tree that gave Sir Isaac Newton the idea for (6) ___________________.

The (7) ___________________ to protect Britain's forests. It has 400,000 supporters. They (8) ___________________ the country's forests. Its website says: "Our vision is a UK (9) ___________________ trees, enjoyed and valued by everyone." The charity wants (10) ___________________ forests, restore damaged ones, and (11) ___________________ in danger. It hopes people all over England will visit woods, plant trees, and enjoy the (12) ___________________ trees and forests

In your comments you write just the number and the word next to it.

Six Vocabulary Activities For The English Classroom

Vocabulary Activities by Keith S. Folse

English Vocabulary In Use

Vocabulary activities by Stuart Redman